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A blockbuster report in Bloomberg claims that Google is negotiating with Samsung to obtain more control over the Samsung handset experience.

After several weeks in preview, Microsoft’s new Family Safety app for Android and iOS is now generally available.

Qualcomm Quick Charge 5 can charge a smartphone to 50 percent in just 5 minutes and to 100 percent in just 15 minutes.

Google today announced a free new online course for people without programming experience to learn Android app development with Kotlin.

Microsoft has released a major new version of its Launcher for Android that supports Dark mode, landscape orientation, and much more.

It looks like Microsoft is getting ready to pull the new look and feel of the Microsoft Launcher Preview into the shipping product.

Despite an ongoing attack by the U.S. government, Huawei today announced that revenues grew 13.1 percent in the first half of 2020.

Signal is a cross-platform encrypted messaging service championed by privacy advocates. But I have some questions.

Microsoft has been collaborating with Google so that their tools interoperate and can help developers get their PWAs into the Play Store.

Google today announced the availability of Android 11 Beta 2 and the platform stability milestone at which its APIs are finalized.

Qualcomm is delivering an overclocked version of its Snapdragon 865 mobile SoC for devices that hardware makers will introduce in late 2020.

Samsung revealed last night that it will host its next “Unpacked” event virtually on August 5; it is expected to unveil three new flagship smartphones.

Microsoft has acquired the Finnish firm Movial, which had been working with it on the Android OS that will power Surface Duo.

The Defender ATP Preview for Android can protect against phishing and unsafe network connections from apps, websites, and malicious apps.

At its virtual [email protected] 2020 event today, Acer announced new Enduro, Concept3D, Chromebook Spin, Swift, and Predator hardware products.

It looks like the next-generation version of Microsoft Launcher that Microsoft previewed in January is finally heading to Beta as version 6.

In continually delaying the Pixel 4a, Google has proven that it is even more inept than was previously understood.

After several months in beta, Adobe Photoshop Camera is now available on iPhone and select Android handsets.

Google has released the first beta of Android 11, which includes many new features, and privacy and performance improvements.

While Pixel sales fell off a cliff in late 2019 because of the Pixel 4, the low-cost Pixel 3a helped saved the day, according to IDC.

Google Maps is introducing a number of new features for COVID-19, with new information and alerts from local transport agencies.

A new report says that Huawei now considers itself in “a state of war” thanks to ever-more aggressive U.S. sanctions.

Motorola is back with two new budget Android phones, say hello to the $199 Moto G Fast and the $149 Moto E.

New leak gives us a first look at Google's upcoming streaming stick, as well as the new content-focused Android TV interface.

Following a similar IDC report, Gartner now says that smartphone sales fell by 20 percent in the first quarter thanks to COVID-19.

Google today announced the third Pixel feature drop, adding adaptive battery improvements, new safety features, and other improvements.

Samsung Access is a new subscription that ties a Galaxy S20 handset to premium support and a Microsoft 365 Personal account.